Drucker argues that the traditional view of staff specialists as 'advisors with some authority' is a poor approach to organisation design.

Specifically it applies principles and practice from biological systems to business strategy, process, organisation design and strategic thinking.

It is based on the prescription that there is no ideal form of organisation design, but that organisations must be adaptive in order to survive.

In Strategy Organisation Design, and Human Resource Management, ed.

In 1984, Atkinson postulated the emergence of an organisation design comprising both a core and a peripheral workforce, using differing forms of contractual relationship (flexibility) on an international basis.

Organisational Aspects of IT (OASIG) has its next meeting to discuss 'Organisation design and information technology' on the 13 February 1991 at the University of Sheffield.

The organization design process is often defined in phases.

Consequently, for a long time, finding the optimum span of control has been a major challenge to organization design.

Information Management and the organization design strategies being related to it, are a theoretical cornerstone of the business process concept.

Some companies attempt to establish internal staff resources aimed at supporting organization design initiatives.

A boundaryless organization is a contemporary approach in organization design.

Consequently, strategies for organization design must be aiming at improved information processing capability.

Some general conditions of sound organization design are as follows (Clipson 1985):

Organization design may involve strategic decisions, but is properly viewed as a path to effective strategy execution.

Drucker argues that the traditional view of staff specialists as 'advisors with some authority' is a poor approach to organisation design.

Specifically it applies principles and practice from biological systems to business strategy, process, organisation design and strategic thinking.

The field is somewhat specialized in nature and many large and small consulting firms offer organization design assistance to executives.

His company goes to poor countries to help local organizations design and construct buildings, especially hospitals and schools, that can withstand earthquakes.

It provides a common approach for the integration of strategic, business and technology management as part of organization design and performance improvement.

"It's an intensive care facility built as part of the area's Health Maintenance Organization design.

He has made fundamental contributions to the study of organization behavior and organization design, and authored several books in these areas.

Organizational architecture or organization design: the creation of roles, processes, and formal reporting relationships in an organization.

He also wrote extensively on the theory and practice of organization design and management and of innovation.

It is based on the prescription that there is no ideal form of organisation design, but that organisations must be adaptive in order to survive.

In Strategy Organisation Design, and Human Resource Management, ed.

Toronto: Global Organization Design Society.

Jay Galbraith has identified five main organization design strategies within two categories - increased information processing capacity and reduced need for information processing.

At the highest levels, this alignment is achieved through proper integration of enterprise architecture, business architecture, process design, organization design, and performance metrics.

Organization design for primary health care: The case of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

In Organization Design, Levels of Work and Human Capability: Executive Guide.

King of Prussia, PA: Organization Design and Development.